'Cassiobury Park', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Cassiobury Park

From River Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCVI

Date 1807

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 92 x 163 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D06044

Turner Bequest XCVI 62 a

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 63 Verso:

Cassiobury Park 1807

D06044
Turner Bequest XCVI 62a

Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. For Turner’s visit to Cassiobury and his drawings in this sketchbook and other works elsewhere, see Introduction to the sketchbook. The house is visible in the distance, from an indeterminate angle.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

River Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest